How to create a Task using a Qlik Supporting App (with example)?
FIRST CREATED ON 12 Mar 2026 I AUTHOR Emma Camacho
Following the examples How to create a Sales Rep Analysis Word report in Mail & Deploy (with example)? and How to create a Body of Email (Word/HTML) report using Qlik as a datasource in Mail & Deploy (with example)? we are ready to send the Reports to the Sales Reps.
The following screenshot is the Supporting App created to manage the Sales Reps recipients. Here you can find the Supporting Excel file to create this Supporting App Supporting App Example.
the Task looks like this:
Now let's expand the actions:
vMonth
Date.Now.Addmonths(-1).Month
vYear
2016
Date.Now.DayOfWeek.ToString()
[Datasource].[Supporting App].[Field].[FlagEmail] = 1
Subject: "M&D Demo | "& Date.Now.DayOfWeek.ToString() & " Sales Report for "&[CycleValue].[current Sales Rep]
Body: "Dear " & [CycleValue].[current Sales Rep] & "<br><br>" &
"Here is your Sales Report for the period " & [LocalVariable].[vMonth] &"/"& [LocalVariable].[vYear] & ".<br><br>" &
[ReportDocument].[Body].[HtmlBody] &
"kind regards, Emma"
Name: [CycleValue].[current Sales Rep]
Expression: [Datasource].[Supporting App].[Field].[Email]
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